According to Damien Haas:
>
> It always irritates me when people slam the P76, but add the rider that
> 'the engine was OK though'.
Come on Damien, no need to be so defensive on this forum. I think the
excerpt below is pretty correct. Nothing actually wrong with the P76
(though I always called mine a P38, Burnt apricot, executive V8 auto with
beige vinyl roof and velour trim, should have never sold it :-(
BUT the Leyland australia quality control... the P76 wasnt the only
victim, what about *all* of the V8 landrovers with the front spring hangers
drilled in the wrong spot and quite a few with the actual hangers mounted
at an angle.
The P76 is one of those products that needed to be pulled to bits from
new then put back together *properly*. Hell what can you say about a new
car that sets fire to itself simply because the manufacturer didnt
(initially) fit a heat shield between the exhaust and the rear floor...
> > It should be said,
> > however, that the P76 had possibilities and a lot of interesting features.
> > Unfortunately, Leyland Australia got it wrong. Personally, because Leyland
> > had such a bad track record, I believe that if Ford, Chrysler or the General
> > had built the P76 and developed it properly, it could have been a good car.
> > Unfortunately, it was an absolute disaster.
cheers
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Daryl Webb (dwebb@waite.adelaide.edu.au)
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